If you happen to be a millennial, you probably realize that the ways you communicate with your peers are a little... strange. Language has gotten to be pretty confusing and nonsensical -- after all, what the heck do "wrecking balls" have to do with emotions, and why does it smell like sex and candy?

Here are 15 metaphors from classic millennial songs, which more broadly include some classic "like" or "as" similes, along with our best guesses of an interpretation. Don't pretend you haven't used some of these before, and be sure to leave us your favorites in the comments.

1. "She had dumps like a truck."

"Thong Song" - Sisqo: "Dumps" refers to a woman's butt, for some reason. "Like a truck" means ... large. Together they sound like dump truck. This still doesn't make sense, and has probably never been used since.

2. "I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away."

"I'm Like A Bird" - Nelly Furtado: Often misheard as, "I wanna fly away," this line is way deeper than you ever thought. You can't tie Furtado down!

3. "Shake it like a Polaroid picture."

"Hey Ya!" - Outkast: While you can shake your butts, you're apparently not actually supposed to shake your Polaroids. When The Huffington Post asked André 3000 about what this meant, he replied, "I have no idea! In rap, lyric writing is what comes to mind, that was just the visual I had."

4. "Light up a stage and wax a chump like a candle."

"Ice Ice Baby" - Vanilla Ice: In this line, Ice boasts about being able to beat, or "wax," any "chump," or loser, in a rap battle. Ice was lying.

5. "Don't go chasing waterfalls."

"Waterfalls" - TLC: This R&B trio was warning us not to go chasing things that are beautiful but might actually hurt you. Sometimes seemingly wonderful things can be powerful and unpredictable. Niagara Falls surprisingly wouldn't be the best partner.

6. "You're my wonderwall."

"Wonderwall" - Oasis: We don't know what a wonderwall actually is, but we're willing to guess that it's a metaphor for something.

7. "You are my fire."

"I Want It That Way" - The Backstreet Boys: A.J. always had a pyromaniac vibe to him.

8. "The world is a vampire."

"Bullet With Butterfly Wings" - Smashing Pumpkins: Vampires suck blood. The world sucks, in a more general sense. Pumpkins were trying to reference their status as "goth-kid" heroes and point out that we sometimes all live in a pretty sh*tty place.

9. "Your body is a wonderland."

"Your Body Is A Wonderland" - John Mayer: Your body is some psychedelic alternate reality that you need to go through a rabbit hole to get to?

10. "So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel."

"The Bad Touch" - Bloodhound Gang: The Discovery Channel used to feature television shows about animals. Remember that? Well sometimes those animals mated. The Bloodhound Gang wanted to do it like these animals.

11. "When you take a sip you buzz like a hornet."

"Summer Girls" - LFO: In a song that makes absolutely zero sense, this simile is a rare lucid moment.

12. "But Fonda ain't got a motor in the back of her Honda, my anaconda don't want none unless you got buns, hon."

"Baby Got Back" - Sir Mix-A-Lot: In possibly the most straightforward song of all time, the knight of mixing finds some poetic lyricism.

13. "I'm a genie in a bottle, you gotta rub me the right way."

"Genie In A Bottle" - Christina Aguilera: A genie is a mythical creature that grants wishes to whomever frees it from its vessel. Aguilera wants you to free her by, er, "rubbing" her, so she can grant you some wishes, if ya know what she means.

14. "Chickity China the Chinese chicken, you have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin', watchin' X-Files with no lights on, we're dans la maison, I hope the Smoking Man's in this one, like Harrison Ford I'm getting frantic, like Sting I'm tantric, like Snickers, guaranteed to satisfy."

"One Week" - Barenaked Ladies: I spy chicken meataphor, sprinkled in with some similes and other nonsensical storytelling.

15. "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard."

"Milkshake" - Kelis: In the traditional sense, milkshakes are desserts that you drink. In this song, Kelis' "milkshake" is her body, which is sexy and will draw boys from all around. We don't really understand how this makes sense, but damn right, her milkshake is better than ours.

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Twenty-somethings often think that their career is an either-or choice between fulfilling a passion or earning a lot of money, Dr. Meg Jay, a clinical psychologist who specializes in 20-somethings, told The Huffington Post. But 20-somethings should be looking for a career that can fulfill their passion while meeting financial needs. It's possible.

Twenty-somethings should be building a career that they want for the long haul, said Alexis Grant, an entrepreneurial writer and digital strategist. "If you realize you are not doing the right thing, figure out how to get on the right road as soon as possible. Don’t worry so much about lost time or lost investments," she said.

Young professionals often think that the jobs they have in their 20s "don't matter," Dr. Jay said. But employees in their 20s should be in jobs that are helping them build "identity capital," so they can figure out where they want to be at the next stage of their career.

In school, students find themselves doing roughly the same things as their peers, which makes it easy to compare their accomplishments to others. But after college, comparisons are "just too complex to be useful," Dr. Jay explains. People also tend to only compare themselves to those who seem to be doing better than they are, which can lead to feelings of depression, she added.

Twenty-somethings who had over-involved parents can sometimes think that they deserve an easy ride at work, Dani Ticktin Koplik, an executive and performance coach, told Forbes. This can have a devastating effect on their career, not to mention their relationships with superiors.

Twelve percent of hiring managers said it's a mistake for millennial job candidates to discuss a job interview on personal social media sites, according to a recent survey by Adecco, a human resources consulting company. Not being professional on social media can cost people their jobs as well.

In today's working world, 20-somethings really need to be thinking about what they can walk away with when they inevitably switch employers, Grant said. "Throw yourself into your day job, but also build something for you because you will likely not be in your job forever," she said. Grant suggested writing a blog or working on obtaining a Twitter following.

Young professionals will sometimes think that they are working too hard now and that it will be like that for the rest of their career, Dr. Jay said. What young professionals should really be thinking about is if they are in a job that will provide them with work-life balance in the future when they will be thinking about starting a family and other life decisions.